
Diagnosis: Hairy tongue
Description: Thickened hyperpigmented tongue.
Morphology: Hyperpigmentation
Site: Tongue
Sex: M
Age: 45
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany
Differential DiagnosisHistory:
A middle-aged heavy smoker man presented with a brown-yellow hyperpigmented patch on the dorsal surface of the tongue of three years duration. The dorsum of the tongue was thickened and studded with short hairy projections.